Found 2 items, similar to minute gun.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: minute gun minute gun n : (military) gun that is discharged once every minute (usually as part of a military funeral)
English → English (gcide) Definition: Minute gun Minute \Min"ute\, a. Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes. [1913 Webster] Minute bell, a bell tolled at intervals of a minute, as to give notice of a death or a funeral. Minute book, a book in which written minutes are entered. Minute glass, a glass measuring a minute or minutes by the running of sand. Minute gun, a discharge of a cannon repeated every minute as a sign of distress or mourning. Minute hand, the long hand of a watch or clock, which makes the circuit of the dial in an hour, and marks the minutes. [1913 Webster]